Corn-drier.



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1,220,309. w j Patqmed Mar. 27,1917.

L- H ANDERSON LEVI ARCHIE anbimson, ornocx mLsIowL- roan-Damn,

Specification. Letters 'Patcnt.

Application'illed April 8, 1916. Seria1;N6.89,966. I

,- To all whom it may concern:

- le it known that I, LEVI Ancnii-r Annea- SON, a citizen of the-UnitedcStates, residing.

at'R-ockl allsyin the county of Cerro Gordo and .State of Iowa,have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements 'in Corn- Driers,of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

'merrt s incorn driers and it is an object of the lnvention to provide novel and improved means wherein a support is provided for a removable carrier andwvhe'reby said support is provided with means eoac'ting with th carrier for maintaining the means applied to the carrier in substantially a per-,

pendicular posilion'. I

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combinationand ar rangeinent of the several parts of in) improved drier whereby-certain important advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive and, otherwise more cm'ivenient and, advantageous for use, .all as will be hereinafter more .fully set I forth. 7 v

The novel features of the invention will hereinafter"be definitely claimed.

better understood, I will now proceed toilescribethe same with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein is disclosed a view in perspective of a drier constructed 3!: {in acrmrdancewith an embodiment of my invention, with "a single carrier applied thereto. As disclosed in the accompanyingdrawings 1 "denotes a plurality of uprights pref- 40 erably four in number, each pair of uprights being operatively connected by the braces 2 whereby side frames are afforded, and the corresponding uprights l of the .frames are connected by the horizontally disposed bars 3. Y

" i lachbar 3 of a vertically alined series of bars has enacting therewith, a superposed bare arranged in predetermined spaced re- This invention relates to certain improvein order that my invention may be the l lation relative thereto and whereby a idewa v is aflord'ed'throu'gh which is airpted to be extended an extremity of a carrier 5, said carrier 5 being angular in cross section Patented Mar. 27, 191m:

j and preferably fiat in plan,'whereby it will 1 be perceived that when the carrier is operatively positioned, the same is effectively held against turning movement so that the upstanding penetrating members-6 .car-ried by the carrier 5 maybe maintained in a vertical direction in order to position the'ears E affixed thereto in'acorresponding arrangement. It is to be understood that the penetratin members-6 aresadapted to be inserted within-anend of the ear or cob thereof. I It will. also-be readily observed that the carriers 5 are capable of sliding movement longitudinally of the bars 3 with which they are 'operatively engaged-which is particularly desirable in order tested ears from thejrenlainder. Furthermore it will be readily understoodthat by to separate the.

having the carrier 5 readily removable the v ears may be properly applied, thereto be- ;fore the same 18 rested upon the bars 3 \vhereby'the labor incidental in applying the ears to be dried is naierially facilitated. :'-It has also been "found that with a drier arranged in accordance with myp'resent inventionl a requisite circulation of air is permitted and assures any moisturein the cob settling to the lower end thereof and therel'iy. effectively preventing the" seed germs being affected; l i

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that" a. drier constructed in accordance. with my invention is of an extremely simple and con'iparatiyely inexpensive nature and .adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facilitywith which it may be assembled, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without tare from the principles and spirit thereof and forthis reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise is particularly well material depar- I arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice.

' I claim:

I A drier comprising a supporting member including a plurality of substantially longitudinally alined bars, additional bars imposed u on and spaced relatively to cerin of t e first named bars to afford i6 guides, substantially flat carriers adapted to be rested upon the bars, an extremity of each of the carriers being insertible through a guide, and penetrating members extending from the barrier.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my 15 signature in the presence of two witnesses.

L. ARCHIE ANDERSON.

- \Vitnesses :v

J. F. Howl-1x,

V. O. IRnscm'r. 

